Oracle International Corporation

Sudip Datta

Balasubrahmanyam Kuchibhotla

Debashis Saha

Bharat Shrikrishna Paliwal

Srivatsan Vijayaraghavan

Sanjay Chinnappaiah Ediga

Adeesh Fulay

Disclosed are a system, method, and computer program product for a unified system for implementing clones. The unified system includes the appropriate infrastructure to create, maintain, and administer clones and supporting data sources in the computing environment. In addition, a user interface is provided that is capable of visually displaying relationships and lineages of sources and clones in the system. The user interface provides functionality to select any given object, and to trace its parent-child relationships to highlight its related parent and/or child source/clone.

Method and system for implementing a unified DB clone system

A method for applying patches to one or more applications is provided. The method includes receiving a patch for a feature where the patch includes applicability requirements. The applicability requirements detail requirements that should be met for the patch to be applied. Usage information for the feature is then determined. For example, it is determined if a feature has been used by a client. The patch is then applied to an application if the usage information meets the applicability requirements for the feature.

Feature usage based target patching

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Sudip Datta